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Creatures Mundane and Supernaturalby Catherine Newton

Dwarfs Short, Cold, Hard and Brutal creatures, somewhat

related to humans, but different enough in a disturbing

way that no one in their right mind wants to explore

that relationship very far. Typically pagan or atheistic

in their beliefs. Their religious beliefs are complicated,

to say the least and often involve blood sacrifices and

metals or stone. Heaven help anyone who accidentally

interrupts one in process, most likely the intruder would

wind up chopped up and eaten. Metal and stone items made by them are superior in quality, but often possess a

‘dark’ feel to them as well. Dwarfs, if you really wish to

look for them, can be found in areas just like them, Deep

in the dark, cold, hard and brutal lands. Often deep in

mountain areas where it’s difficult to get to them. They

are known to have a hold somewhere deep in the Alps

and Deep in the Urals. The Bohemians and Transylvanians are said to share their

blood somewhere way back and they can actually be found upon occasion in smallvillages deep in Transylvania. If you make a deal with one, just remember that they

are Craft, Tricky and seldom give up anything without some type of ‘sacrifice’ to seal

the bargain.

Atlantean Tribes Mostly a proud, aloof people, in tune with the natural world

around them. Proud warriors who can vanish in a forest as

quickly as most folk could blink. An almost preternatural

way with the wild. At least that’s what the old timers in Atlantean colonies say. They say the ones most people deal

with are pretty much like anyone else, but there are some

tribal elders or some of the tribes out to the western areas

that are very mystical and savage.



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Giants There are legends throughout Europa and Persia of men

who stand half again to twice as tall as a normal man,

giants who often have a fondness for the taste of human

flesh and a fondness for robbing the virtues of a maiden.

You’ll often find a person who will swear that they have met such a person, and often you will hear of a ‘Giant’

entering a town, but most often that giant is simply a

person of a stature only a head or so taller than the folk

who are telling. Perhaps they are real, perhaps they are

legend, but it is said that they also exist in the great

mountain range that runs down the western border of

the colonies, the Allegheni, and that while the males of the species are thuggish and

brutal in appearance that their females, although of the same stature are, by and large,quite pleasant upon the eye.

Gobolyns A stunted, misshapen, vicious minded people, the Gobolyns, or Goblyns as they are

often called, are said to live in deep, dark places in the earth. Cunning and cruel, they

are blamed for many things that happen on the edge of civilized lands, whether cows

giving soured milk or children and goats going missing. It is said that they have a

dislike of the light that is common among creatures associated with Satan, and it is

highly doubtful from the tales that exist that these are a goodly or christian creature.

Ogre A term used to define men and women who have forsaken the rules of a just God and

have developed an unholy and unnatural taste for the taste of their own kind. An

Ogre is a horrific creature not only due to it’s perverted tastes for the meats of their

own kin, but because they can, with care, blend in with any normal and goodly society

of people. Vigilance is the best weapon against these abominations and it is said that

they eventually develop a strange joint in their smallest fingers and toes, likely a signfrom God to those upon whom they prey.

Troll A creature that plagued the Nordic folk and much of Prussia in previous centuries, it

is believed that the Troll is either extinct or has been driven deep into wilderness areas

by the expansion of mankind into what was once his territory. Known for a penchant



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for the flesh of goats, trolls often demand a tribute of one or more goats from those

who pass through their territories. As with many other creatures of Dark natures,

the Troll finds the pure light of the Sun to be both repugnant and painful, often

paralyzing them with fear until they are as immovable as a stone. They are said to

be unimpressed by the bravest of men, but cowed by the least of enchantments. Troll

society, such as existed was said to be matriarchal.

Beasts of Great SizeThere are, upon rare occasion, exceptional creatures amongst

most all species, mammal, insect, ophid or arachnid, among

others, that grow to a size most unnatural to behold. Spiders

or Ants the size of ponies, rats the size of dogs, snakes that

grow to lengths of twenty feet or more and girths as big

as a small tree. All of these things exist, albeit rarely and

examples have been shown to men and women of Science

time enough to confirm that they are not but a hoax or the

ravings of drunkards and fools. Most of these creatures

retain the weaknesses and tastes of their normal sized brethren.

Dragons and Dragon-KinIt is said that Saint George slew a dragon, it

has also been said by Castillian explorers to

the lands below the new colony of Georgia, thatthere are many dragons, or at least the kin of

dragons to be found in the marshy lands of the

south. Possessing a very durable, scaly hide,

large claws, teeth, and according to some stories,

the ability to breath forth fire or noxious fumes,

Dragons are formidable foes, so take care if

traveling the marshes of the south lands, for not

only dragons are reported there, but snakes of

Great Size are reported to be most common in

those climes.



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The Restless DeadThere are times when the souls of the dead are not accepted into either Heaven or

Hell, nor do they spend their time learning from their sinful ways in Purgatory, but

some souls are so vile and reticent that they refuse to leave their decaying bodies

and drag themselves from their graves and either attempt to follow some twisted

semblance of their previous existence or seek vengeance upon the living.

These dead, or Undead as some priests have called them, take many forms, from

rotting corpses dripping bits of flesh from their decaying bodies, to those so long

passed that they are naught but animated skeletons, occasionally wearing some bits

and rags of their former garments and possessed of a malevolence that betrays itself

with eye sockets in the empty skull that glow with a glimpse of pure hellfire and

twisted evil.

There are said to be the occasional individual whose

will to defy death was so strong that their bodies do not

decay as normal and that they maintain a semblance of

life by draining the very blood of the living to sustain

themselves. The peasants of lower Prussia and the

Transylvania region call these creatures “Wamphyr”.

It is said that the Restless dead cannot stand the touch

of holy items, pure sunlight, silver and that the force

of faith of a truly faithful man can render them fearful

and cause them to recoil away from the proof of true

goodness.

Salt and running water are also defenses against these

vile creatures, and dogs, cats and horses will oft give

warning of their presence as they find them as repulsive

as any living, thinking creature should.



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Shapeshifters – Were Wolves and the likeThere are those who are cursed with receiving the wild, hungry spirit of the wolf, so

strong that it actually changes them.

The Romani have a legend; Even a man who is pure in heart and says his prayers by

night may become a wolf when

the wolfbane blooms and the

autumn moon is bright.

These individuals change into

a full grown wolf, although

some take a shape somewhere

between that of man and wolf.

These individuals are often

more dangerous than those

who become fully wolf formed,

for they have within them

the bestial urges of the wild wolf and the darker urges of man uncontrolled battling

within them. It is said that magick, silver, fire and wolfbane are the only things that

can harm them, although some say that feelings of selfless love can also make them

vulnerable to physical harm.



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